Joe Bellon, a pioneering CBS News executive who found lucrative new markets for news and entertainment programs and later was instrumental in the creation of America's Funniest Home Videos, has died. He was 87.
Bellon died Friday at his home in Port Washington, New York, of complications from leukemia, heart and kidney failure, his son, Greg Bellon, told The Hollywood Reporter.
In 1969, while serving as director of business affairs for CBS News, Bellon — who, his son said, believed that all businesses have assets that could be developed outside their main product lines — proposed a new venture for making ...
Bellon died Friday at his home in Port Washington, New York, of complications from leukemia, heart and kidney failure, his son, Greg Bellon, told The Hollywood Reporter.
In 1969, while serving as director of business affairs for CBS News, Bellon — who, his son said, believed that all businesses have assets that could be developed outside their main product lines — proposed a new venture for making ...
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